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Una sirena olímpica entre arapaimas  -  16 Nov 2008
Heraldo de Aragón,...por supuesto, curiosos que no daban crédito a cómo una arapaima amazónica de casi dos metros era capaz de comer de la mano de los 'intrusos' de su ranchito.

BERNAMA.COM  -  Nov 14, 2008
Bernama,Besides fish ponds stocked with the giant Arapaima fish from South America and most local species and with fountains built into them, there are also birds,

Be a Winner with NOLIMIT "Arapaima" in November!  -  Nov 2, 2008
Daily Mirror,NOLIMIT, the biggest fashion chain in Sri Lanka, has declared November as the "Arapaima Month" so that loyal Arapaima customers will be able to benefit from

Dowódca Powstania Wielkopolskiego bÄ™dzie miaÅ‚ swój pomnik w ...  -  Nov 12, 2008
Nauka W Polsce (PAP),Ryba pirarucu, znana także jako paiche czy arapaima, to największa ryba słodkowodna, jej długość dochodzi do 3 metrów długości, a waga do 200 kilogramów.

Operação SOS Pirarucu contribui para recuperação social e ambiental  -  Nov 3, 2008
24Horas News,Nome que vem do termo indígena ‘pira’ – peixe, e ‘urucum’ – vermelho, devido à cor de sua cauda, o pirarucu (ou Arapaima gigas) costuma viver em águas mais

Teresa Perales, entre más de 5.000 especies en el Acuario Fluvial ...  -  Nov 15, 2008
Aragón Digital,Zaragoza.- Cómo pez en el agua, la nadadora paralímpica, Teresa Perales, se ha sumergido en tanque central del Acuario de Zaragoza entre más de 5.000

Peru: Ucayali to invest $2 million in paiche conservation  -  Sep 23, 2008
Living in Peru,The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a South American tropical freshwater fish. It is one of the larger freshwater fish in the world,

Moody Gardens delays opening  -  Sep 24, 2008
KHOU,An Asian Arowana, an Arapaima and a Freshwater Stingray were also lost due to the stress of transporting the animals combined with the added stress from the

Atlantis Opens Doors to Guests  -  Sep 24, 2008
Khaleej Times,Atlantis, The Palm is home to over 65000 marine animals including Anchovy, Baby Stingrays, Arapaima, Moon Jellies, Brown Sea Nettles, Moray Eels,

Pet a fish and take a peek backstage at the Shedd  -  Sep 11, 2008
Chicago Tribune,..."DANGEROUS ARAPAIMA: USE EXTREME CAUTION." Signs like that were all over the place in the back rooms of the Shedd as we visited an aggressive Jau catfish,

ÄŒeský rybář chytil nejvÄ›tší sladkovodní rybu svÄ›ta. Bojí se jí i ...  -  Sep 12, 2008
iDNES.cz,Podařilo se mu totiž chytit 130 kilogramů těžkou a 2,5 metru dlouhou arapaimu velkou (arapaima gigas). Překonal tak svůj rekord z minulého roku,

Guyana's land of water  -  Aug 12, 2008
Easier (press release),...rivers and savannah in search of immense biodiversity from tiny Golden Frog, Arapaima (the world’s largest freshwater fish) and Giant River Otter,

Aquarium to remodel two galleries  -  Jul 27, 2008
Tulsa World,The crawl-through tank will house arapaima, the largest freshwater fish in the world, as well as freshwater stingrays. Iguanas also will be featured on an

Larger than life Guyana  -  Jul 29, 2008
Easier (press release),Guests may also search out Black Caiman, Arapaima (the world’s largest fish!) and view examples of Victoria Amazonica (the world’s largest water lily!

Aquarium Enhancing Two Galleries  -  Jul 18, 2008
Jenks Journal,The crawl-through tank will house arapaima, the largest freshwater fish in the world, also freshwater stingrays and iguanas on an island in the exhibit.

"Monster" Lake's rare giants lure anglers, biologists  -  Jul 15, 2008
Kazinform,Conservationists are also concerned about another giant inhabitant of Lake Monster, the arapaima, which is becoming increasingly rare in its native

Study reveals spawning habits of Arapaima  -  Apr 10, 2008
Practical Fishkeeping,The details of the spawning habitat of the pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) have been studied in a recent paper published in the most recent issue of the Journal

Wildlife World Zoo to open Arizona's first public aquarium  -  Apr 18, 2008
AZ Central.com,At completion, the aquarium will exhibit unusual species such as sea horses, stingrays, penguins, giant Pacific octopus, sharks and arapaima,

Q & A with manatee rescuer in Brazil  -  Apr 16, 2008
Fort Pierce Tribune (subscription),So far we have implemented community forest management, fisheries (mainly pirarucu, or paiche, or Arapaima) management and ecotourism.

Zoom launches direct flights to Guyana  -  Apr 8, 2008
Easier (press release),Guests may also search out Black Caiman, Arapaima (the world’s largest fish) and view examples of Victoria Amazonica (the world’s largest water lily) - so

Study highlights migrations in undescribed Arapaima  -  Jan 29, 2008
Practical Fishkeeping,The lateral migration an undescribed species of Arapaima has been studied in a paper published in the most recent issue of the journal Ecology of Freshwater

Many challenges to freshwater resources - WWF  -  Feb 6, 2008
Stabroek News,The WWF also supports the management of the Arapaima in the North Rupununi. The objectives are to increase the Arapaima population and therefore increase

Hard at work: Making a Chinese cake  -  Feb 8, 2008
AntiguaSun,...leave home just as the sun would set and with enough time to stop at Faraj’s which used to be at the corner of Main and Quamina streets (now Arapaima).

Zoo welcomes tiger cubs for Chinese New Year  -  Jan 26, 2008
Malaysia Star,Zoo owner Chai Sip Yee of TC Arapaima & Tropical Fish Sdn Bhd said he hoped the three cubs would bring lots of visitors to his zoo this Chinese New Year.

Spain to fund aquarium upgrade in exchange for manatees  -  Oct 17, 2007
Stabroek News,A pair of manatees was on Friday exported to Spain under an agreement that will provide funding for improvements to the aquarium to house the Arapaima

Langkawi: Wet and wild  -  Sep 23, 2007
New Zealand Herald,Having dutifully inspected the rainforest exhibits, faced down the massive Amazonian arapaima, which can reach an impressive 3m in length, and inspected the

Georgetown needs a town planner urgently  -  Oct 3, 2007
Stabroek News,This gloomy scene can be transformed by brightly-lit restaurants like a Steak House above Arapaima, bars and pubs, coffee shops, travel agencies, bookshops,

NOLIMIT proudly introduces “PALLUâ€?  -  Sep 29, 2007
Sunday Times.lk,The Arapaima loyalty cardholders can obtain loyalty points, as in any other NOLIMIT and Glitz outlets. Shalwars sewing is also undertaken at Pallu,

NOLIMIT awards the grand prize Toyota Avansa  -  Sep 26, 2007
Asian Tribune,He said that this promotion has proved their commitment to give the best to their customers and as a continuation they are starting Arapaima Loyalty Card

Primary school commissioned, literacy programmes implemented at ...  -  Sep 25, 2007
Stabroek News,Meanwhile, the jamboree, brainchild of Peace Corps volunteer Nancy Ko, brought together the students of St Ignatius Primary and Arapaima Primary,

Pending Redtail Catfish IGFA record caught on the fly in Thailand  -  Aug 8, 2007
Fish and Fly,...owner of Fishing Adventures Thailand, wrote to me about a new lake he had found that had large numbers of predators in it (Arapaima, Alligator Gar,

Fishing big cats  -  Aug 10, 2007
Malaysia Star,The statistics are simply mind-boggling: 30kg patin, 110kg Mekong catfish, 70kg Siamese carp, 200kg arapaima and 40kg Chao Phraya catfish.

A Gardener's Diary  -  Jul 29, 2007
Stabroek News,...the Botanical Gardens (2 cents) the Arapaima (72 cents) and a brown (12 cent) stamp showing the felling of greenheart. I still have them.


Volunteer makes strides at Arapaima school with remedial reading Mar 19, 2006
A remedial reading class taught by a US Peace Corps volunteer at the Arapaima Primary School in Region Nine, has assisted to improve the reading ability of ...
Stabroek News,

Escape's picks of the week Mar 18, 2006
...visits to Kaieteur Falls, local villages and safaris, where jaguar, river otters, black caiman, anteaters and the three metre-long arapaima - the world's ...
The Observer,

Fishing Lines: My prehistoric prey from Ooble Oop Feb 25, 2006
As a result of his answers, I can tell you that the biggest arapaima in the tank at Underwater World on Sentosa Island, Singapore, weighs around bloop blob blob ...
Independent,

Fishing Lines: Clive the legend's tales still have legs Mar 4, 2006
...me of the world-famous angler Stu Apte grabbing a rod from a woman's hands when it looked like she might be the first person to catch a giant arapaima on a fly ...
Independent,

Proudly hosted by IGN FAQs Mar 7, 2006
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IGN,
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